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Administrative Areas

Ward
Highwoods
Local Authority
Colchester
County
Essex
Constituency
Colchester
Region
East of England
Country
England

Demographics

Area Type
Urban city and town
Households
85
Population
204
Males
55%
Females
45%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
81
England❚CO4 4RT❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
11
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
25
C2 Skilled manual workers
26
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
19

Age Groups

Population
204
Under 16
29%
16 - 64
68%
65 or over
3%
Under 4
11%
5 - 15
18%
16 - 29
19%
30 - 44
28%
45 - 59
18%
60 - 74
6%
75 or over
0%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
145
Single
66
Married
52
Separated
5
Divorced
19
Widowed
3

Health

Population
204
Very good
103
Good
72
Fair
21
Bad
6
Very bad
19

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
145
England❚CO4 4RT❚
Degree or above
16
2+ A Levels or equivalent
2
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
27
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
29
Apprenticeship
39
Other qualifications
6
No qualifications
26

Ethnicity

Population
204
White British
160
White Other
15
Mixed Other
2
Asian Indian
2
Asian Chinese
2
Asian Other
16
Black African
4
Other
3

Country of Birth

Population
204
England
165
Nortern Ireland
1
Scotland
2
Wales
1
Germany
1
Spain
1
Lithuania
3
Poland
4
Romania
1
Zimbabwe
4
Middle East
2
India
3
Sri Lanka
4
Philippines
7

Religion

Population
204
Christian
95
Buddhist
6
Hindu
1
Muslim
5
Other
2
No religion
76
Not stated
19

Industry

Population
107
Manufacturing
10
Water supply and waste management
1
Construction
7
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
16
Transport and storage
8
Accommodation and food
7
Financial and insurance
5
Professional, scientific and technical
5
Administrative and support
9
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
7
Education
10
Human health and social work
18

Economic Activity

Population
144
England❚CO4 4RT❚
Full-Time employee
62
Part-Time employee
30
Self employed
13
Unemployed
10
Retired
9
Looking after home/family
1
Long-term sick/disabled
5
Student
11
Unemployed 16 - 24
3
Unemployed - never worked
1
Unemployed - Long term
5

Housing Tenure

All categoies
85
Owned outright
15
Owned with mortgage
28
Rented - other social
4
Rented - private landlord
32
Rented - other private
5
Living rent free
1

Housing Types

All categoies
86
Occupied
85
Unoccupied
1
Detached
10
Semi detached
19
Terraced
34
Flat - purpose built
18
Flat - converted
4
Flat - in commerical building
1

Household Size

All categoies
85
One person
30
Two people
21
Three people
14
Four people
12
Five people
7
Seven people
1

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Data Sources

  • Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2019
  • Contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and Database right 2019
  • Contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right 2019